wk 2

Select 1 of the cross-cultural research articles located in the University Library to use in your assignment.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper analyzing cross-cultural research. Complete the following in your paper:

• Explain the value of cross-cultural research, in general.
• Summarize the research design.
• Summarize the findings from the research.
• Evaluate its conclusion.
• Discuss the applicability of the research.
• Discuss if the study adequately handled the different cultures without bias.

 

wk3 -Summative Assessment: Cultural Influences Presentation

You are the first chief diversity officer at a Fortune 100 company. To help employees understand cross-cultural diversity and the value of diversity in the workplace, you are assigned to create a presentation on the cultural influences in your life. Include pictures to show how social practice and the culture you grew up in helped shape you.

Think about the person you are now. Think of all the cultural influences that may have impinged on you. Some examples include your parents, your parental milieu, your ethnic group, your religion, the areas or countries you lived in, your gender, the schools you went to, the schools’ ideology, and your peers and their backgrounds.

Create a 12- to 19-slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed speaker notes that includes or does the following:

• (1 slide) Introduction
• (4–6 slides) Describes the major cultural influences on your life
• (3–5 slides) Explains the impact of cultural influences on you and your way of being (make sure you don’t focus on individual influences)
• (1–2 slides) Describes what would have been different about you without some of the cultural influences
• (2–4 slides) Applies Erikson’s psychosocial theory
• (1 slide) References

wk 4 – Culture and Communication Memo

You work in the human resources department of a company that does business in 25 different countries. You have learned that communication culture in your workplace has a significant impact on your employees’ experience, motivation, engagement, and overall business success. Your manager has asked you to write a memo on why and how to build a great communication culture at your company.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word memo that covers at least 2, but not more than 4, of the communication topics in 2 different cultures of your choice. Complete the following in your memo:

• Identify 2 cultures you selected.
• Identify 2 to 4 communication topics to discuss in your memo:
• Language and verbal communication
• Nonverbal communication
• Family communication
• Workplace communication
• The expression of emotions
• Friendship communication
• Romantic relationships, including dating, nonmarital commitments, and marriage
• Discuss how the 2 cultures are similar and different in your selected communication topic areas.
• Discuss additional common communication practices in each culture.
• Discuss how the communications practices in each culture are similar and how they are different.
• Discuss how culture influences the way we communicate and form relationships with others.
• List ways employees can improve their ability to communicate competently in cross-cultural interaction

wk 5 – Gender Equality Proposal

You are working on supporting gender equality in your community or culture. You are writing a proposal that will focus on gender equality because it is an important development (and human rights) issue. Create a developmental proposal (for example, cultural and diversity programs, diversity mentoring, and outreach programs) that will focus on building greater gender equality. Your proposal should help to increase awareness of inequalities, offer constructive solutions, and enable all genders to have a voice in the initiative.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word proposal that includes or does the following:

• Section 1: Initiative Overview
• States the community or culture you hope to influence
• States the mission, vision, and program objectives
• Section 2: Visibility, Awareness, and Participation
• Develops appropriate awareness-raising tools to stimulate broad interest
• Develops a communication strategy that leverages national and local-level education and culturally sensitive activities
• Section 3: Funding Strategy that Promotes Cultural Diversity
• Describes your funding strategies
• Explains how funding strategies promote diversity of cultural expressions
• Discusses measurable outcomes of the funding strategies

wk 6 – Summative Assessment: Social Justice and Healthcare Report

Identify a current health concern that influences cultures differently.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word report on social justice issues related to healthcare quality and access that are impacted by culture and race. Complete the following in your paper:

• Evaluate the importance of social justice.
• Discuss the psychological influences and sociocultural influences of physical health and disease.
• Discuss the differences in healthcare and medical delivery systems related to a health outcome (for example, high blood pressure or obesity) that is impacted by culture differently.
• For example, you could look at differences in healthcare systems in a large metropolitan area versus ones in a rural area.
• Analyze how the following five cultural influences may contribute to different health outcomes.
• Genetics
• Lifestyles and behaviors
• Attitudes and beliefs
• Healthcare
• Environment
• Analyze the importance of culture to health overall.
• Discuss the value of diversity, the value of diversity of cultures, and the impact of diversity on health outcomes.

Assignment 2: Course Project Part I: Interview and Background Research

 

 

 

Refer to the Course Project Overview in Module 1. Early in the course, you have selected a specific disorder. Research it using your textbook and Argosy University online library resources. A minimum of 5 sources in addition to your text book should be used. At least three of those sources should be peer-reviewed journal articles. The remaining 2 sources may be books, journal articles, or reputable web sites (like those from professional organizations or governmental agencies, not Wikipedia or similar sites).

 

 

 

Review the rubric, as it provides detailed instructions on how best to succeed on this assignment. In the rubric, you will find that you need to address the following in a paper:

 

 

 

• Description of the selected disorder (Identify the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic category for the disorder and distinguish between diagnostic and commonly used terminology.)
• Causative factors of the disorder
• Diagnosis of the disorder
• Treatment of the disorder
• Survey of current research on the disorder

 

 

 

Write a 4–5-page paper in Word format. Remember to use the rubric as you write your paper. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, and include an APA style title/cover page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

 

 

 

By Wednesday, March 6, 2013, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

 

 

 

Working ahead Using the feedback provided to you by your peers and instructors, finalize your interview questions and conduct the interview with a mental health professional in preparation for the paper due in Module 5.

 

 

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Description of selected disorder.	20
Causative factors of the disorder	32
Diagnosis of the disorder	32
Treatment of the disorde	36
Survey of current research on the disorder	36
Organization (12 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions, Conclusion Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, Spelling, Sentence Structure APA Elements (16 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, Quotations Style (4 points): Audience, Word Choice	44
Total:	200

 

 

 

The topic I chose for my course project is “PTSD” which stands for posttraumatic stress disorder. My focus will be as it relates to the military. This disorder is very important and to me because I am a combat marine with PTSD and the veterans that I will be working with through my non-profit suffer from the same disorder. I have referenced some statistics. One statistic that is not mentioned that is just arisen is a very saddening one, is the new dilemma of suicide on the battlefield. Research is showing that recently our military is losing more troops to suicide on the battlefield then they are in actual battles firefights.

The Ten questions for my health profession are:

1. What are the accepted diagnostic criteria for PTSD?

2. What would an evidence-based criteria set for diagnosis of PTSD include?

3. What constitutes a stressor?

4. How should stressful events be diagnosed and documented?

5. How can and should a patient document a stressful event?

6. What are the components of an evidence-based diagnosis of PTSD?

7. What would diagnostic criteria be, based on best evidence, either based on or apart from official standards?

8. What constitutes optimal evaluation of a patient for PTSD?

9. What neuropsychological evaluation or other testing should be included in an optimal evaluation of a patient for PTSD?

10. What are useful biomarkers?

PTSD and the Military

If you are in the military, you may have seen combat. You may have been on missions that exposed you to horrible and life-threatening experiences. You may have been shot at, seen a buddy shot, or seen death. These are types of events that can lead to PTSD.

Experts think PTSD occurs:

In about 11-20% of Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom), or in 11-20 Veterans out of 100.

In as many as 10% of Gulf War (Desert Storm) Veterans, or in 10 Veterans out of 100.

In about 30% of Vietnam Veterans, or about 30 out of 100 Vietnam Veterans.

Other factors in a combat situation can add more stress to an already stressful situation. This may contribute to PTSD and other mental health problems. These factors include what you do in the war, the politics around the war, where it’s fought, and the type of enemy you face.

Another cause of PTSD in the military can be military sexual trauma (MST). This is any sexual harassment or sexual assault that occurs while you are in the military. MST can happen to both men and women and can occur during peacetime, training, or war.

Among Veterans using VA health care, about:

23 out of 100 women (23%) reported sexual assault when in the military.

55 out of 100 women (55%) and 38 out of 100 men (38%) have experienced sexual harassment when in the military.

Even though military sexual trauma is far more common in women Veterans, over half of all Veterans with military sexual trauma are men. This is because there are many more male Veterans than there are females.

Sources

Kessler, R.C., Sonnega, A., Bromet, E. Hughes, M., & Nelson, C.B. (1995). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 52(12), 1048-1060.Kessler, R. C., Berglund, P., Demler, O., Jin, R., & Walters, E. E. (2005a). Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 593-602.

 

Kulka, R.A., Schlenger, W.E., Fairbank, J.A. Hough, R.L., Jordan, B.K., Marmar, C.R., & Weiss, D.S. (1990). Trauma and the Vietnam War Generation: Report of Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, New York: Brunner/Mazel.

 

Tanielian, T. & Jaycox, L. (Eds.)(2008). Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.